| Sydney Smith - 1807 - 30 pages
...of the crown. — Every body who knows Ireland, knows perfectly welJ> that nothing would 'be easier, easier, with the expenditure of a little money, than...act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of ideots. Whatever your opinion may be of the follies of the Roman Catholic religion, remember they are... | |
| 1807 - 572 pages
...mentioned, the English seem to bid adi-.'U to common feeling, common prudence, and common si-me ¡ and to act with the: barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of id cot s ' Thii is a very strong л-sertion ; and \ve lament that so many facts come in attestation... | |
| 1832 - 342 pages
...name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of idiots."— Pli/mley's Letters, p. 23. It is scarcely necessary to add that such a description is no longer applicable,... | |
| William Sampson - 1832 - 364 pages
...name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of idiots."— Plymlcy's Letters, p. 23. t Ttie original obligation of the United Irishmen was—" In the awful presence... | |
| Richard Robert Madden - 1843 - 606 pages
...name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense; and to act with the barbarity of tyrants, and the fatuity of idiots." Their pecuniary interests taught the faction of the ascendency to maintain and propagate the delusion,... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1845 - 496 pages
...augmented by this almost nominal dignity? Mr. C 's sisters enjoy pensions more than sufficient to place the two greatest dignitaries of the Irish Catholic...Whatever your opinion may be of the follies of the Koman Catholic religion, remember they are the follies four millions of human beings, increasing rapidly... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1859 - 392 pages
...name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants,...the fatuity of idiots. Whatever your opinion may be o: the follies of the Roman Catholic religion, remember they are the follies of four millions of human... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1877 - 626 pages
...name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants...numbers, wealth, and intelligence, who, if firmly 484 united with this country, would set at defiance the power of France, and if once wrested from their... | |
| Wendell Phillips - 1881 - 34 pages
...education in republics. Sydney Smith said, "The moment Ireland is mentioned the English seem to bid adieu to common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of idiots ; " and Byron called England's union with Irelaud " the union of the shark with his prey." Bentham's... | |
| William Carlos Martyn - 1890 - 610 pages
...education in republics. Sydney Smith said, " The moment Ireland is mentioned the English seem to bid adieu to common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of idiots." " As long <is the patient will suffer, the cruel will kick. ... If the Irish go on withholding and... | |
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